India news: New Delhi ready to mediate Black Sea food corridors, says Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed establishing "food corridors" in the Black Sea in a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. DW has the latest.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held a telephonic conversation, with the Ukrainian leader saying that a discussion took place on Russia's attacks blocking grain exports in the Black Sea. "India is ready to mediate in establishing corridors for grain exports in the Black Sea, blocked ​by Russian ⁠attacks," Zelenskyy wrote on X following the Monday evening call with Modi.

Modi and India's foreign ministry did not make a mention of the proposed food corridors in the official statements on the talks between the two leaders. But Modi said he reiterated New Delhi's "firm commitment to contributing in every possible way towards a peaceful resolution." In September, during a visit to Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Indian Foreign minister S Jaishankar offered to help end the Russia-Ukraine war .